May 7, 2023 1:18 p.m
FSB: “Kiev attack on Inanovo airport foiled”
The FSB and Russia’s Interior Ministry announced that an “act of terrorism and sabotage” had been foiled by preventing “Ukrainian drones” from hitting the airport in the Inanovo region. This was reported by the Ria Novosti news agency. According to a statement by the FSB, the attack was “planned by the intelligence department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine,” which envisaged the use of “drones filled with explosives against the Severny military airport in the Ivanovo region.” The target of the action, the note goes on, was to be the A-50 aircraft.
May 7, 2023 11:53 am
Prigozhin: “Wagner will stay with Bakhmut”
The founder and leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has announced that he will remain in Bakhmut to fight alongside his men after receiving guarantees for the delivery of the requested ammunition. “Tonight we received a combat order: you promise to provide us with the necessary ammunition and weapons to continue further actions,” he said on the Telegram channel.
May 7, 2023 11:18 am
The pro-Putin writer Prilepin came out of it as a pharmacologist
Russian writer Zakhar Prilepin, seriously injured in an attack, has woken up from an artificial coma. “He is conscious, according to doctors, his condition is stable, his mood is lively,” reports Nizhny Novgorod Governor Gleb Nikitin today on his Telegram channel. Prilepin was seriously injured yesterday when an explosive device attached to his car detonated in the Nizhny Novgorod region, killing his driver. According to the authorities, the attack was carried out with an anti-tank mine. According to the Ministry of the Interior, a few hours after the incident near the town of Bor, a man born in 1993 was arrested who is said to have a criminal record. An investigation into a suspected terrorist attack has been launched. Moscow blames Kiev and Western countries for the attack. Prilepin is considered a strong supporter of Russia’s war against Ukraine. He previously fought alongside pro-Moscow separatists in Ukraine’s Donbass region. He once described himself as an imperialist.
May 7, 2023 9:53 am
“Russian drone destroyed over the capital Kiev”
The Ukrainian army has destroyed a Russian reconnaissance drone over Kyiv In the past few hours, the military administration of the city of Kiev has reported by telegram, writes the Kyiv Independent. According to initial information, there were no injuries or damage. The head of the military administration at his post also urged residents of Kiev not to ignore the sirens of airstrikes. There have been several Russian drone strikes over the capital in recent days. On May 3, the Ukrainian military reported that it shot down all Iranian-made drones that Russia shot down on the city, while on April 28 two drones were shot down over Kiev, the military administration of the Ukrainian capital said.
May 7, 2023 9:37 am
Kiev: “Nikopol bombed, a 72-year-old woman dies”
In the early morning hours of today, Russian forces fired more than 30 shells in Nikopolin Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in east-central Ukraine, killing an elderly woman and injuring three people. The governor of the oblast Serhiy Lysak reports on Telegram, as the Kyiv Independent writes: “During the night they hit Nikopol district twice. They used Grad multiple rocket launchers and heavy artillery. More than 30 shells were fired. A 72-year-old woman died. Three locals were injured. One suffered a head injury. Two are stressed and have concussions,” the governor said. The shelling also damaged seven homes, a skyscraper, shattered the windows of a college dorm, hit three gas lines, a power line, 14 solar panels, farm buildings and five cars, Lysak added.
May 7, 2023 9:36 am
Zaporizhia, queues at checkpoints after the evacuation announcement
Due to the evacuation from the Zaporizhia region announced by the Russians, panic broke out and there were huge queues at the checkpoint in Crimea, said the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, posting a photo of the blocked cars on Telegram: “The occupants had a role during the evacuation: haThey caused insane panics and insane queues no less‘ the post reads. According to Fedorov, military personnel and special pass holders can exit the line and pass more easily while thousands of other vehicles have to wait at least 5 hours. Yevhen Balytsky, head of the occupation administration of the Zaporizhia region, yesterday announced the partial evacuation of residents of 18 front-line settlements due to an alleged increase in shelling.
May 7, 2023 9:35 am
“The situation around the Zaporizhzhya plant is dangerous”
“The general situation around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant it becomes increasingly unpredictable and potential dangerous. I am extremely concerned about the very real nuclear safety risks the facility faces,” the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a statement Raphael Great: “We must act now – he explained on the agency’s website to prevent the risk of a major nuclear accident and their consequences for the population and the environment. This large nuclear facility must be protected. I will continue to urge all parties to commit to this vital goal and the IAEA will continue to do everything possible to help ensure nuclear safety.”
May 7, 2023 9:33 am
Kiev secret service: “Russia could prepare provocations for May 9”
According to Andriy Yusov, representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Russia could create provocations on Victory Day, next May 9: “The Russian aggressor state often chooses symbolic dates to commit provocations, the occupiers have been using this type of provocation since 2014, and it is likely that they can do it even now”. Yussow added during a television interview that the provocations “could be direct of the Russian special services against the Russian civilian population, and scheduled on certain dates, such as May 9th. At the same time, according to Yusov, the Russians could also direct provocations against Belarus: “Such a Russian false flag operation could be aimed at drawing the Belarusian army into a war against Ukraine”.
May 7, 2023 9:30 am
Kiev: “Missile attack on the Mykolaiv region”
“Russian troops launched a rocket attack in the Mykolayiv region at night, damaging the building of an industrial enterprise,” head of the Mykolayiv regional military administration Vitaly Kim reported in Telegram. It would be a device of the “Kh-22 Burya” type, ie a Soviet long-range supersonic cruise missile. As reported by Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “carried out about 50 enemy attacks in the last 24 hours.”
May 7, 2023 9:29 am
Ukraine: Anti-aircraft alert in country, drone shot down over Kiev
Air raid alarms in large parts of Ukraine during the night: The defense shot down a number of drones, including one over Kiev airspace. Portal reported, citing Ukrainian officials. “During the last air raid, an enemy reconnaissance drone was detected in Kiev airspace” and “destroyed,” said the Kiev military administration, specifying that “there were no casualties or damage.”